Toejam and Earl are video game icons. Everyone I know that played games in the 90’s knows who they are, even if they never played one of their titles. After not having […]
Review: Toejam and Earl: Back in the Groove is Funkin’ Great
Review: Far Cry New Dawn Manages to Re-Endear Me to the Far Cry Series
Plot spoilers follow: Far Cry New Dawn is here with little fanfare. After the extremely disappointing ending of Far Cry 5, I thought I would be done with my love for Far […]
Preview: Dive into the Frigid Waters of Subnautica Below Zero
Subnautica Below Zero has been one of my most anticipated releases this year. The standalone expansion to Subnautica—the widely acclaimed narratively driven survival game that landed a spot on our best of […]
Review: Colorful, Crazy Cult Classic Katamari Damacy Reroll Returns
The Nintendo Switch has increasingly been home to some unforgettable games from the past. Whether that’s with things like Nintendo’s Nintendo Entertainment System on Nintendo Switch Online or with the porting of […]
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Is An Odd Duck, But a Good Duck
Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes is the third game in the No More Heroes series of action-adventure hack-and-slash games, developed by Grasshopper Manufacture and headed by Goichi “Suda 51” Suda. Travis […]
Review: Battlefield Gothic: Armada II Offers Satisfying Capital Ship Combat
In the grim darkness that is the future of Warhammer 40,000, perpetual war is the way of life through the cosmos. The Imperium of Man fights an endless war against the […]
Everything We Learned From Yesterday’s Mortal Kombat 11 Reveal
We got our first real glimpse of Mortal Kombat 11 from Chicago-based NetherRealm Studios with yesterday’s reveal event, including actual gameplay, a sneak peek at the story, as well as some new and returning […]
Review: New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Continues the Trend of Wii U Games on Switch
The Nintendo Wii U was a flop, despite being a great console with some great games on it. New Super Mario Bros. U was one of those great games, though it wasn’t […]
Preview: Polymorphism: Queer Encounters of Intimacy in Games at VGA Gallery Explores Sex and Relationships through Games
Some of the work here is of a sexual nature, and may be NSFW The Video Game Art Gallery in Chicago is a vital part of the video game culture in Chicago. […]
Adler Arcade Puts the Spotlight on Game Making Workshop Full of Art and Heart
Giant, comfy beanbags lay side by side in one of the Adler Planetarium’s spacious theaters. Super Smash Bros., one of the hottest video game releases in the past few months, is being […]
Review: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Lives Up to its Name, Delivers the Ultimate Smash Experience
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate lives up to its name. Easily the biggest (and one of the only) reveals during Nintendo’s E3 conference, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate looked poised to be the definitive […]
2018 in Review: Our Favorite Video Games
2018 is now gone, so we’re going to take a look at some of our favorite games from a year full of great releases. It was a great year for video games, […]
